Using a tempororary object with operator<<
Consider a class:
class RunningSum {
public:
void Add(int i) { m_sum += i; }
operator int() { return m_sum; }
private:
int m_sum;
};
Used like this:
RunningSum rs;
rs.Add(5);
rs.Add(13);
int x = rs; // x = 18
Now I'd like to be able to say:
RunningSum rs;
rs << 5 << 13;
int x = rs; // x = 18
so define:
RunningSum& operator<<(RunningSum& rs, int i) { rs.Add(i); return
rs; }
But now I try:
int x = RunningSum() << 5 << 13;
I get a warning from the compiler that I'm trying to cast a temporary
RunningSum object to RunningSum&.
The warning seems legitimate (normally I wouldn't want to bind a
reference to a temporary), but in this particular case, this IS what I
want.
I could change RunningSum::Add to return a RunningSum& and write:
int x = RunningSum().Add(5).Add(13); // x = 18
but that isn't the syntax I want.
Is there a way to get the operator syntax and allow the use of the
temporary here without violating language rules?
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